| What is
the percentage of hemoglobin in your blood anyway? That was the question
posed to chemistry II students during a December 6th off campus lab session
conducted at Midlands Technical College. Ms. Mary Breci, the director
of the Medical Laboratory Technicians program at Midlands Technical College,
instructed Erin Mullaney, Rachel Maree, David Ziegler, Carlton Bowers,
Felix Jostarndt, and Jonathan Thompson on the chemical process and procedure.
What an exciting opportunity for the chem II students to integrate their
biological and chemical knowledge as well as apply their laboratory skills
in a real life experiment. For the experiment, students chemically prepared
both test and standard blood samples and used a spectrophotometer to measure
the concentration of hemoglobin in these samples. In order to complete
the Beer-Lambert lab done at the MTC's laboratory, the students had to
utilize techniques and instruments very different from their normal ones.
However, Ms. Breci was very complimentary of the students' ability to
pipette, measure and follow the chemical discussion and calculations.
Hats off--or rather--shields off to the Heathwood's chemistry II students!!!
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